Dark State A Novel of the Merchant Princes Multiverse (Empire Games, Book II) - Empire Games

Charles Stross

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Publisher's Synopsis

Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross dives deep into the underbelly of paratime espionage, nuclear warfare, and state surveillance in this provocative techno-thriller set in The Merchant Princes multi-verse

Dark State ups the ante on the already volatile situations laid out in the sleek techno-thriller Empire Games, the start to Stross' new story-line, and perfect entry point for new readers, in The Merchant Princes series.

In the near-future, the collision of two nuclear superpowers across timelines, one in the midst of a technological revolution and the other a hyper-police state, is imminent. In Commissioner Miriam Burgeson's timeline, her top level agents run a high risk extraction of a major political player. Meanwhile, a sleeper cell activated in Rita's, the Commissioner's adopted daughter and newly-minted spy, timeline threatens to unravel everything.

With a penchant for intricate world-building and an uncanny ability to realize alternate history and technological speculation, Stross' writing will captivate any reader who's a fan hi-tech thrillers, inter-dimensional political intrigue, and espionage.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780765337603
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Imprint:	Tor Books
Pub date:	22 Oct 2019
DEWEY:	823.92
Language:	English
Number of pages:	352
Weight:	531g
Height:	231mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	25mm